Estimating reference evapotranspiration using numerical weather modelling

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3490-3509

  Ishak, Asnor Muizan ^a   Bray, Michaela ^a   Remesan, Renji ^a   Han, Dawei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Downscaled; Evapotranspiration; MM5; Weather variables

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS; DATA QUALITY; DATA RESOLUTIONS; DATA SOURCE; DOWNSCALED; DOWNSCALING PROCESS; ENGLAND; GLOBAL DATA; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MESOSCALE MODELLING; MM5; NET RADIATION; OBSERVATION DATA; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATIONS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RAINFALL DATA; REANALYSIS; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RIVER RUNOFFS; SPACE AND TIME; WEATHER DATA; WEATHER STATIONS; WEATHER VARIABLES; WIND SPEED;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RUNOFF; WATER SUPPLY; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RUNOFF; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 78149489681     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7770     Document Type: Article

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